you've done something to anger the great united states of america. to your surprise, there are american soldiers everywhere, they're destroying statues, liberating your people, and your people are joining the americans in hunting you down and bringing you to justice. as y, the formerly great despot of dirkastan, you realize your destiny has been sealed by the young men and women wearing the uniform of the united states of america. that's -- [applause] the liberal vision, one of centralized control, state domination and the suppression of individual liberty in the name of progress is often the same as that of many of the autocrats our military has crushed over the years. c.s. lewis once remarked that the most oppressive of tyrannies is the tyranny that is exercised for the good of its victims. and this describes the project of liberalism to the tee. liberalism is the contention that all governance and policy ought to be judged not by its outcomes or its means, but by its intentions. that's the core ethic of the liberal. it gives us the key to the real